--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Earth to Carrol: we've only begun an official
> week-long period of
> national mourning. Reagan's death is highly
> political, and massive
> quantities of lies are being manufactured and
> distributed as we
> speak. Like it or not, lots of people are paying
> attention.
There's also the real downside of the political and media adulation that will bubble for some time: it's likely to give a popularity boost to W and the GOP. The bastards will wax poetically nostalgic for quite awhile, including at the GOP convention. W may be pulled into a second term on a dead man's coat tails.
SteveR
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